3 injured in Fremont construction collapse near I-680

Share this:

Investigators look over a fallen piece of rebar at the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Three people were injured when the rebar tower fell. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

People look down at the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. There were reports of a rebar tower falling and injuring workers at the site. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

People measure and the pictures of a fallen piece of rebar at the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

The Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. There were reports of a rebar tower falling and injuring workers at the site. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

People walk around the area where a fallen piece of rebar sits at the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

Horses roam in a nearby hill close to the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. There were reports of a rebar tower falling and injuring workers at the site. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

People walk up to the Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. There were reports of a rebar tower falling and injuring workers at the site. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

The Mission Hills Square construction project site in Fremont, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. There were reports of a rebar tower falling and injuring workers at the site. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

FREMONT– A rebar tower weighing about 1,000 pounds fell at a construction site Wednesday morning, injuring three people, including one critically, a fire official said.

The three male workers were wrapping the rebar when it collapsed, Fremont Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Youngsma. The collapse happened just before 9 a.m.

The construction site is in the area of Durham and Sabercat roads near Interstate 680. According to a sign at the site, the workers are preparing the Mission Hills Square development, which will have more than 55,000 square feet of retail and office space and 158 condominiums.

Two of the injured men were taken by ambulance to the Valley Medical Center trauma center in Santa Clara, Youngsma said. One of them had moderate injuries that were not expected to be life-threatening.

A third injured man went to an undisclosed hospital with what were termed minor-to-moderate injuries, Youngsma said.

Cal/OSHA is handling the investigation. Spokesman Frank Polizzi identified the employer at the site as Queens Land Builder. He added that the investigation to determine the cause of the accident and if any workplace violations occurred could take several months.

Polizzi said Cal/OSHA does have one open inspection with Queens Land from a construction site — on Corack Road in Fremont in June. In that accident, an employee was injured from a fall from the second floor to the first floor while caulking.

Queens Land, which according to its website is based in Alhambra, did not immediately return requests for comment.